Target Posts Double-Digit Grocery Comps

MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. here said Thursday that comparable-store sales in
grocery were up in the "mid-teens" in grocery categories in June, compared
with year-ago results, as the company rolls out its P-fresh expanded food offerings.

SN STAFF | Jul 07, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS —Target Corp. here said Thursday that comparable-store sales in grocery were up in the "mid-teens" in grocery categories in June, compared with year-ago results, as the company rolls out its P-fresh expanded food offerings.

For the five-week period that ended July 2, overall comparable-store sales increased a better-than-expected 4.5%. The increase was driven primarily by an increase in average